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Dickins, Dorothy (1898-1975) Wanted : A Healthy South

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.275 Author/Creator: Dickins, Dorothy (1898-1975) Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1946 Pagination: 30 p. ; 23 x 15.1 cm. Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled, "Wanted: A Healthy South," by Dorothy Dickins. Item is an overview of the differences in health between white and black Americans. Study points to a variety of sanitation, housing, income inequality as signifiers of the inequality. Also provides statistics and illustrations of the data pulled from the 1940 census.

Printed by the Southern Regional Council.

Dickins, Dorothy, 1898-1975

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